ON THE matter of the rotten beams, it seems to me that it's not something that would happen overnight undetected, writes, Keith Gudgin.
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WITH the help of friends, after many years, we will be able to cruise the Kennet & Avon Canal in early September, the last remaining major waterway that we have not been on, writes Gerry Varley.
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It really is a 'sledge hammer to crack a nut' with the proposed banning orders regarding boats and the towpath in Oxford.
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THE broken lock beam yesterday on the Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal is the third in a week!
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THERE is a warning issued concerning Stoke Top Lock (2) on the Birmingham & Worcester Canal.
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ON your [Canal & river Trust] website you state that there are 1,500 locks and you build around 180 locks a year for a total cost of two million pounds—equating to roughly £12,000 per lock, wrote Patrick Cull in an email to the Trust.
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THE advice just given by various authorities including the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) 'If you can smell exhaust fumes in your boat, don't ignore this sign that there could be a potential killer in the cabin', is not as obvious as might by realised.
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THE Kennet & Avon Canal is closed at Fobney Lock (105) South of Reading, but this time not the fault of Canal & River Trust.
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THE steerer of a narrowboat attempting to turn on the Kennet & Avon Canal in Reading provided an interesting spectacle as it became completely wedged in what was obviously too short a space to turn.
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PLANK Lane Lift Bridge on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal has been beset with problems for years, (we ourselves once being stuck there!) and it is closed yet again.
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